On 31 March 2014 20:04, Dave Cole <[email protected]> wrote:

> https://store.3drobotics.com/products/3dr-pixhawk

> I'm working with a group of guys who are trying to use this device to
> control a wheeled ground vehicle.
> Not a small one, but a 3000lb - 4wd vehicle.    The vehicle needs to
> drive from waypoint to waypoint and stop at each one.
>
> It doesn't seem like a good fit to me.

It seems to make no sense to use a device designed to be tiny and
lightweight in a full-sized car when a laptop could be used and have
all the advantages of a big CPU and a screen to display stuff.

I think that the system would probably end up using several computers
in  a network, assuming this is an autonomous vehicle with vision,
radar etc etc.

I assume that the idea is to use RC-style servos, but I would be
surprised if even the biggest ones were up to the task.

Hacking the CAN bus of a self-parking car would be an interesting solution.

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